Leaderof the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed AliKhameneisays young Iraniansare the target of a hostile campaign to kill hope among them and consign them to despair and depression. Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks on Saturday during a meeting with medalists who participated at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games. "The most important ...

Sareh Javanmardi won the gold medal in womens 10m air pistol in Tokyo Paralympic games and became the most decorated Iranian athlete of all time. Javanmardi won the gold medal on Tuesday competing with seven other shooters in 10m air pistol category in Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. She gained 239.2 scores, staying before shooters from Turkey and ...

IRNA Iranian athlete Siamand Rahman was among those who were announced by the International Paralympics Committee (IPC) as best male nominees. The International Paralympics Committee (IPC) has released names of those athletes and made the shortlist in the Best Male category for the 2017 Paralympics Sport Awards, IPC reported. 'The International ...

Tasnim - The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Sir Philip Craven says Iran boasts some of the biggest global stars in Paralympic sport. The Iranian National Paralympic Committee arranged for Sir Philip to meet with the Iranian Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs Masoud Soltanifar in Tehran on Wednesday. Later that day he ...

Iranian national sitting volleyball team defeated Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Paralympic Games final. The Persians beat their arch rival 3-1 (25-18, 21-25, 25-21, 25-15) at the Riocentro Pavilion 6 to win their sixth Paralympics medal. The victory marked Irans first Paralympic gold since Beijing 2008, when Iran last beat Bosnia and Herzegovina ...

RIO (Tasnim) - Tributes were paid to Iranian cyclist Bahman Golbarnezhad, who died on Saturday, at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games closing ceremony. The prestigious event was brought to a close inside a packed Maracana Stadium on Sunday evening. Sir Philip Craven, International Paralympic Committee president, said the movement was "united in ...

TEHRAN, Sep. 19 (MNA) Ayatollah Khamenei has issued a message of appreciation and congratulation to the athletes who participated in Rio 2016 Paralympics games and acquired several medals. Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in his message has praised successes and strogn faith of the Iranian atheletes and has also ...

Bahman Golbarnezhad, an Iranian Para-cyclist, has died following a crash in the men's road race Saturday. He crashed on the downhill slope of the C4-5 classification road race.   By Tasnim News Agency

Irans participation at the Paralympic Games ended with a gold medal in sitting volleyball, which was dedicated to the cyclist Bahman Golbarnezhad, who died following a crash 24 hours earlier. Golbarnezhad is the first athlete to die during Paralympic competition, the International Paralympic Committee said, after a crash in Saturdays mens C4/C5 ...

Irans national team of sitting volleyball has been crowned as the gold medalistof Paralympic Games in Brazil. The Iranian outfit managed to beat Bosnia and Herzegovina 3-1 at Riocentro, Rio de Janeiro, on Sunday, winning the prestigious gold for the sixth time in the Paralympics. Iran won the first, third and fourth sets of the game 25-21,...

Rio de Janeiro, Sept 18, IRNA - Iranian athlete Javid Ehsani Shakib won the Bronze medal in the Men's shot put F57 event at the Rio 2016 Paralympics Games. Ehsani Shakib in his sixth attempt threw 14.13 meters at Olympic Stadium in Rio on Saturday. The Chinese athlete Guoshan Wu by throwing 4.42 meters away and Janusz Rokicki from Poland by throwing ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian mens national football 7-a-side team collected a silver medal in the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. On Friday, the Iranian side conceded the title 1-2 to Ukraine after a game at the Deodoro Stadium, press tv reported. The Iranian team had goalkeeper Babak Safari Kourabbasloo, defenders Hashem Rastegari ...

Rio de Janeiro, Sept 16, IRNA Iranian pitcher Mohsen Kaedi took the bronze medal in the men's javelin throw F34 division with 33.42 meters. Colombian athlete Mauricio Valencia with 36.65 meters and Chinese pitcher Wang Yanzhang with 34.15 meters ranked the first and second respectively. The 15th edition of Paralympic games officially began in ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Sep. 17 (MNA) Irans Hamed Amiri won the silver medal in Mens Shot Put F55 class in 2016 Paralympics in Rio on Friday. Mens Shot Put F55 competitions for 2016 Paralympics went underway at Rios Olympic Stadium on Friday. In the competition, Jalil Bagheri Jeddi and Hamed Amiri from Iran went against 10 opponents from Bulgaria, Serbia ...

Rio de Janeiro, Sept 16, IRNA - Iranian athlete Javad Hardani won the Bronze medal in the Men's Discus Throw - F38 event at the Rio 2016 Paralympics Games. The 32-year-old Iranian athlete in his sixth attempt threw the discus 48.46 meters at Olympic Stadium in Rio on Thursday. The South African athlete Hamman Reinhardt by throwing the discus 50....

Rio de Janeiro, Sept 16, IRNA - Iranian female Paralympic archer Zahra Nemati took Irans seventh gold medal at Rio 2016 Paralympics. Defeating Chinese archer Wu Chunyan 6-4 in the final round in the womens individual recurve competitions, Nemati was awarded the gold medal. Milena Olszewska from Poland defeated the South Korean athelte Lee Hwa Sook ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Sep. 14 (MNA) National 5-a-side football team of Iran drew against Brazil on Tuesday in order to advance to the semifinals as the second best team in Pool A. In their final Men's Preliminaries Pool A bout at 2016 Rio Paralympics, the Iranian squad face host country rivals in the Olympic Tennis Center. Despite drawing their ...

Irans heavyweight powerlifting champion has smashed three world records andwonthe gold medal at the Rio Paralympics. In his first attempt in the +107kgcategory, Siamand Rahman lifted 270 kilograms and broke the Paralympicsrecordat Rios Riocentro Pavilion 2 on Wednesday. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="555"] Iran's Siamand Rahman (R) ...

RIO (Tasnim) Sajad Nikparast won a silver medal at the javelin F13 in the Paralympic Games on Wednesday. Irans reigning Paralympic silver medallist Nikparast claimed the silver with a throw of 62.74. In his Paralympic debut, Uzbekistani teenager Aleksandr Svechnikov set the bar early in his second attempt (65.69), en route to the gold. Serbias ...

Rio, Sept 13, IRNA Iranian athlete of Paralympics weightlifting team Majid Farzin in 80-kilogram weight category won gold medal on Monday. Farzin also managed to break the world and Paralympics records three times in Rio 2016 competitions on Monday. The Iranian squad left Iran last Thursday to take part in the Rio 2016 Paralympics Games. Iran's ...